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Adelaide vs Isabela

Adelaide and Isabelacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2024, Adelaide was ranked #411 and Isabela #1036 among girls in England and Wales.

  • Northern Ireland · Girls

    In 2022, Adelaide was ranked #418 and Isabela #418 among girls in Northern Ireland.

  • Republic of Ireland · Girls

    In 2023, Adelaide was ranked #625 and Isabela #727 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Adelaide and Isabela over time

Adelaide and Isabela appear together in 1 published list, across 27 years of shared records. Adelaide held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Isabela in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

How this pair is related

The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Girls within 2 years — Adelaide #347 in 2023, Isabela #888 in 2023.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Girls27 shared years, 19972024

    Adelaide held the stronger position in 26 of those years, Isabela in 1.

    Highest recorded here: Adelaide #347 in 2023, Isabela #888 in 2023.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2024: Adelaide #411, Isabela #1036.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Adelaide, Isabela
FieldAdelaideIsabela
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables44
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IEGB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE
Most recent popularity observationEngland and Wales · Girls #411 (2024)Republic of Ireland · Girls #483 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)76/10082/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Adelaide and Isabela both have 4 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE.

How each name got here

Adelaide

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1965

    First recorded at #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1996–2024

    Highest recorded position: #347 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).

    England and Wales · Girls

  3. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Girls

Isabela

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1997

    First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Girls

  2. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls